Klarinet Archive - Posting 000427.txt from 2003/10

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Basset Clarinet Alert
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 19:21:09 -0400

Bill Hausmann wrote:
> At 08:27 AM 10/14/2003 -0500, Mark Thiel wrote:
>
>> Bill Hausmann wrote:
>> >There is a Selmer basset clarinet on eBay right now:
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2564786914&category=10182
>>
>>
>> They claim: ". . .the clarinet recreated to perform the Mozart clarinet
>> concerto and quintet the way it was written and initially performed."
>> Ooo,
>> if they only knew what a debate _that_ claim would initiate.
>> It seems to have a fitting for a peg on the bell. Is that standard?
>> Or is
>> the fitting for a lyre to use when doing the Mozart in marching band?
>
>
> It is a floor peg holder, which I believe are more or less standard on
> basset clarinets. I think the listing said the peg was missing, but you
> can get another. Probably the same piece as the bass peg.

Floor pegs are not standard for basset clarinets but are standard for
basset horns. Most players of the basset clarinet used a neckstrap.

Dan

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